Pat McCarran

Patrick Anthony "Pat" McCarran (8 August 1876-28 September 1954) was a US Senator from Nevada (D) from 4 March 1933 to 28 September 1954, succeeding Tasker Oddie and preceding Ernest S. Brown.

Biography
Patrick Anthony McCarran was born in Reno, Nevada on 8 August 1876, and he attended Nevada State University. He worked as a farmer and rancher before being elected to the Nevada Assembly in 1902 as a Democratic Party member; in 1904, he failed in his bid for the State Senate. McCarran completed private law studies and was admitted to the bar in 1905, becoming Nye County's district attorney a year later. After two years, he relocated to Reno. From 1913 to 1917, he was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada, and he served as chief justice from 1917 to 1919. In 1932, he was elected to the US Senate, the first US Senator to be born in Nevada. He was one of few Democrats to reject the New Deal, as he was an admirer of Spanish fascist dictator Francisco Franco and was a staunch anti-communist. McCarran notably supported the aviation industry and the separation of the US Air Force from the US Army. He died in Hawthorne, Nevada in 1954 while still in office.